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Photooxidizing properties of haemoglobin are stimulated by the presence of a haem group in this compound. Haem is a very good photosensitizer to the processes generating such oxygen species as\({\text{O}}\tfrac{ \cdot }{2} \), 1O2, H2O2, OH• (1–3).
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Malak, H. (1985). The Influence of Oxygen-Radicals on the Mechanisms of Conformational Changes and Denaturation of Haemoglobin Induced by UV Irradiation. In: Martellucci, S., Chester, A.N. (eds) Laser Photobiology and Photomedicine. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2461-4_12
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